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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The relation between plasma tyrosine concentration and fatigue in primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis

 

PBC (n = 45)

PSC (n = 27)

Age (mean, range in years)

58 (34–78)

45 (23–68)

Sex (male / female)

4/45

19/8

Fatigue (yes / no)

32/15

15/12

Cirrhosis (yes / no)

12 / 33

2 / 25

Inflammatory bowel disease (yes / no)

0 / 45

16 / 11

Total serum bilirubin (median, range in μmol/l)

10 (4–98)

15 (6–37)

Serum albumin (median, range in g/l)

42 (31–48)

42 (33–47)

Prothrombin time (median, range in sec.)

12 (10–18)

13 (11–16)

Serum ALT activity (median, range in U/l)

43 (17–484)

35 (10–662)

Serum AST activity (median, range in U/l)

37 (21–241)

31 (18–338)

Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (median, range in U/l)

154 (68–441)

147 (53–1141)

  1. Normal values: bilirubin <18 μmol/l, albumin 35–50 g/l, ALT < 41 U/l (male) < 31 U/l (female), AST < 37 U/l (male) < 31 U/l (female), alkaline phosphatase < 117 U/l, prothrombin time < 13 sec.